Doom: The Dark Ages (Original Game Soundtrack)

Album artwork for Doom: The Dark Ages (Original Game Soundtrack).

The original game soundtrack for Doom: The Dark Ages was released on May 14, 2025. It includes 35 tracks and is composed and performed by Finishing Move Inc., composers comprised of Brian Trifon, Brian Lee White, Jay Wiltzen, and Alex Klingle and published by Bethesda Softworks.

Elements of thrash metal, modern deathcore, early doom metal and Swedish black metal bleed into brutal guitar breakdowns and downtempo grooves, while traditional folk instruments such as the Nordic bass tagelharpa, balalaika, and massive animal hide drums are combined with modern synths and a choir for a dark and gritty sound. The soundtrack is rife with allusions to the previous games of the Doom series, including material adapted from Bobby Prince's original Doom and Doom II soundtracks, and the main theme from Doom 64.

Track Listing

Track number	Name	Run time	Levels	Notes
1	Invasion	2:57	Village of Khalim introductory cutscene	Utilizes the Doom Slayer's action motif and Prince Ahzrak's control motif, as well as the Commander Thira and Kreed Maykr leitmotifs.
2	From the Ashes	6:11	Title theme and Phase 3 of Enhanced Ahzrak boss fight	G#, B, G#, D# melody throughout functions as the Doom Slayer's emotional motif. Entire track is a fully realized version of this motif.
3	When the Shadows First Lengthened	3:06	Main menu theme	Utilizes the Serrat leitmotif (heard exclusively in-game).
4	Unchained Predator	5:45	Village of Khalim heavy combat	Four-note bass tagelharpa melody throughout functions as the Doom Slayer's rage motif. Entire track is a fully realized version of this motif; additionally includes Sentinel chants from the Doom Slayer's action motif.
5	Hebeth	2:10	Hebeth and Barrier Core ambience
6	Atlan Battleground	5:35	Hebeth and Barrier Core heavy combat	Contains an arrangement of Aubrey Hodges' title screen theme for PlayStation Doom, PlayStation Final Doom, and Doom 64.
7	Sentinel Barracks	2:00	Harbor of Souls ambience	Utilizes both the Doom Slayer's action and emotional motifs (latter melody reorchestrated to match key; A, F#, C#, C).
8	Holy City	2:46	Sentinel Barracks and The Holy City of Aratum ambience and light combat	Utilizes the Kreed Maykr leitmotif.
9	Blood Red	5:15	Sentinel Barracks and The Holy City of Aratum heavy combat	Utilizes the Kreed Maykr leitmotif.
10	Last Bastion	3:05	Sentinel Command Station and From Beyond ambience	Utilizes the Sentinel leitmotif.
11	Unholy Siege	4:43	Siege - Part 1 and Siege - Part 2 heavy combat
12	Pursuit of Demons	3:22	Abyssal Forest and Ancestral Forge heavy combat
13	Unyielding	2:34	Village of Khalim ambience
14	Infernal Chasm	6:43	The Forsaken Plains, Hellbreaker, and Reckoning heavy combat	An adaptation of "Countdown to Death" throughout functions as Ahzrak's leitmotif, with the entire track as a fully realized version of his theme. Contains arranged themes from "Running from Evil".
15	Hellspawn Rift	3:47	Sentinel Command Station and From Beyond heavy combat	Utilizes the Sentinel leitmotif.
16	Titanic Prison	2:32	Spire of Nerathul ambience
17	Ancestral Beast	3:25	Spire of Nerathul heavy combat	Contains arranged themes from "Nobody Told Me About id" and "They're Going to Get You".
18	Transdimensional	2:15	Siege - Part 1 and Siege - Part 2 ambience
19	Cosmic Sea	3:32	City of Ry'uul, The Kar'Thul Marshes, Temple of Lomarith, and Belly of the Beast ambience and light combat	Contains arranged themes from "Dark Halls".
20	Into the Void	5:37	City of Ry'uul and The Kar'Thul Marshes heavy combat	Contains arranged themes from "Dark Halls".
21	What Lies Below	4:21	Temple of Lomarith and Belly of the Beast heavy combat and The Old One boss fight
22	Battle on the Blackened Tide	6:08	Harbor of Souls heavy combat	Utilizes both the Doom Slayer's action and emotional motifs (latter melody reorchestrated to match key; A, F#, C#, C). Entire track is a fully realized version of the Doom Slayer's action motif.
23	Steel Beyond the Grave	3:44	Resurrection heavy combat	Contains arranged themes from "The Dave D. Taylor Blues".
24	Rebirth	2:01	Resurrection ambience
25	Divine Retribution	5:03	Phase 1 of Kreed Maykr boss fight
26	Wither and Writhe	4:17	Phase 2 of Kreed Maykr boss fight	Utilizes the Kreed Maykr leitmotif.
27	Rebuild	2:58	Final Battle ambience
28	Colossus Unleashed	3:46	Final Battle heavy combat
29	Onslaught of the Damned	3:21	Abyssal Forest and Ancestral Forge ambience
30	Theomachy	3:20	Phase 1 of Enhanced Ahzrak boss fight
31	Blood Spill	5:26	Phase 2 of Enhanced Ahzrak boss fight	Utilizes the Ahzrak leitmotif.
32	The Prince	2:13	The Forsaken Plains, Hellbreaker, and Reckoning ambience
33	Between Hex and Flame	3:34	Ahzrak and Witch boss fight	Utilizes the Witch leitmotif (heard exclusively in-game). Additionally contains arranged themes from "Dark Halls".
34	Apotheosis	3:32	Ahzrak boss fight
35	He Is Out There	3:31	Final cutscene	Utilizes the Commander Thira leitmotif and Doom Slayer emotional motif.

Instruments

• Aristides 070r with swapped pickup for a Bareknuckle Juggernaut
• Apprehension engine
• Balalaika
• Blades of grass
• Bowed acoustic guitar
• Cello
• Choir (Finishing Move themselves)
• Double bass
• Elk-skin drums
• HAPAS ASHEN 628 Buster Odeholm Signature
• Mandolin
• Metal sculpture (from The Callisto Protocol)
• Nordic bass tagelharpa
• Hardware synths
• Modular synth
• Tagelharpa

Neural DSP amp sims:

• Archetype: Nolly
• Archetype: Gojira X

Samples:

• Church bells
• Organs

Design

Composers Finishing Move grew up playing the original DOOM on DOS and have deep personal ties to dropped tunings and gritty guitar riffs. Working on The Dark Ages felt, to them, like "coming home" but also as an "impossible task" when being compared to previous composers, they have also stated that the OST is their "love-letter" to metal music.

Rather than trying to match past composers, Finishing Move focused on expanding the musical language of DOOM—crafting a more cinematic, broad, and textured sound world that retained Doom's core energy. They aimed to honor historical metal traditions while tailoring different areas of the huge medieval map to distinct sonic identities and instead of imitating Mick Gordon, they aimed to channel the primal power and steered toward expansion rather than imitation, they did DOOM in their own cinematic and metal‐rich sound sculpture grounded through their own artistic roots while also acknowledging Mick Gordon's legacy—"no one could do Mick better than Mick."

Trivia

Throughout the tracks of the OST multiple Sentinel chants can be heard, which were made by Finishing Move themselves; the most common ones are:

• KAR EN TUK
• FRA GUIN TRA
• RA SAN NIS
• TE VOR MORS

which translate to:

• Rip and Tear
• March Through Fire
• Blood Soaked Blade
• The Charge Begins

Physical releases

Laced Records announced three different editions on physical formats on July 5, 2025, scheduled for release in fourth quarter 2025.

• Deluxe double CD
• Deluxe double vinyl
• Deluxe X4LP Vinyl Boxset

External links

• DOOM: The Dark Ages - Official Soundtrack on YouTube
• DOOM: The Dark Ages (Official Game Soundtrack) on Spotify
• Laced Records physical format releases